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The fifth paper has now been published in our Classic Hits Series, where we revisit key partnership publications throughout 2013. Here we discuss the enabling environment for partnerships and strategies for overcoming disabling factors.

The fourth paper has now been published in our Classic Hits Series to celebrate the UN International Year of Water Cooperation. This paper attempts to unpack the term accountability specifically with regards to partnership; it explores how compliance, transparency and responsiveness are reflected in partnership practice.

WASH in Schools and ICT in WASH workshops at WEDC Conference, 4th and 5th July 2013, Nakuru, Kenya

BPD co-led a capacity development workshop on WASH in Schools (WinS) - 'Creating Advocacy Strategies and Accountable Partnerships'. The workshop introduced tools to strengthen advocacy and make WinS partnerships more effective.

This short document frames partnerships along two spectrums of innovation and accountability, rules and task orientations.The framework discussed aims to help practitioners step back and see their work in a wider context in order to clarify the ethos and hence direction of their partnership project.

In 2012, BPD was involved in a strategic review of the Global Development Alliance between Rotary International and USAID. The review focused on pilot projects in three countries - the Dominican Republic, Ghana and the Philippines – as well as the relationship between the two organisations at the macro level (governance / operational structure and the strategic impact).

BPD teamed up with AguaConsult, who conducted country-level sustainability reviews using a Sustainability Index Tool tailored for the project.

BPD support for USAID WA-WASH Program in West Africa

Over the past two years, BPD has been providing support to the USAID-funded WA-WASH (West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene) Program working in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Niger. BPD's role has been to analyse the possibilities for, and to support the development of, ongoing WASH partnerships with the private sector.